Money Spent on Health Vs Comparable Government Spending

Arch liberals in this country worry that Americans spend too much for health needs.They don’t appear to care much about outlays on food, housing, cars or clothes, as they do for health.

But what Americans spend on different items always vary. We spend more on health because health providers offer better services than do those in countries where such expenses may be less. We do have more and better doctors, testing, and health facilities.

This does not indicate waste, as the Obama administration has said. The only major excess occurs in over-testing, which can be sharply reduced with tort reform. The Left will not touch that for its own political reasons.

The poor can always be given health care assistance, the way food stamps and other forms of help are provided.

What ought to be considered is that government health spending will control one sixth of our entire economy, while taking individual choice away.